Epstein Secrets

ut to end. "It's called capitalism," as Google's Eric Schmidt said last week trying to explain the Inte

t whose pioneering style in pieces such as "Take Five" caught listeners' ears with exotic, challenging rhythms. Dec. 5. Dave Brubeck - Take Five -- Ravi Shankar, 92. The sitar virtuoso who became a hippie musical icon of the 1960s after hobnobbing with the Beatles and who introduced traditional Indian ragas

e played with The Yardbirds (the other two being Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page). Beck also formed The Jef

e of the most influential guitarists in the history of rock music, Jeff Beck has cited his major influences as Les Paul, the Shadows, Cliff Gallup, Ravi Shankar, Roy Buchanan, Chet Atkins, Django Reinhardt, Steve Cropper and Lonnie Mack. Of John McLaughlin, he said: "[he] has given us so many different facet

tly gained the attention of his former employer, Eric Lefkofsky, w=o provided $1 million in "seed money

ted to the Rhyt=m & Blues Foundation. In 1993, he was awarded the National Meda= of Arts. In 1998 he was awarded the Polar Music Prize to=ether with Ravi Shankar in Stockholm, Sweden. In 2004 he was inducted to the National Bl=ck Sports & Entertainment Hall of Fame. The Grammy Awards of 2005 were dedicated to